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Access to the platform

The platform is intended for local entities, understanding local entity as its general administration and the rest of the entities, organizations and bodies dependent on it, included in the Public Administration sector, Local Corporations subsector, in accordance with the definition and delimitation of the European System of National and Regional Accounts.

On May 5, 2025, an Agreement of the Government Delegated Commission for Economic Affairs was approved, establishing the procedure and allocation for 2025 of the maximum amounts to meet outstanding payment obligations to
suppliers of certain local entities charged to the Planning Fund compartment of the Local Entity Financing Fund, and the financial conditions applicable to the loans that are formalized are established, and, where applicable, to the withholding of the participation in State taxes.

The extract with the essential content and main features of said agreement is available at the following link:

Extract ACDGAE 05-05-2025

Article 40 of Royal Decree-Law 17/2014, of December 26, which defines the objective scope of application of the Planning Fund, establishes the possibility of financing the outstanding payment obligations of local entities with their suppliers, in accordance with a double regime, depending on whether the procedure is initiated at the request of said entities (voluntary regime) or ex officio by the Ministry of Finance (mandatory regime) in cases where there are repeated breaches of the maximum payment period to suppliers established in the regulations on measures to combat late payment in commercial operations.

The platform will allow authorized local entities to manage outstanding invoices to their suppliers, which will be financed through the ICO . The list of local entities included in the 2025 Supplier Payment Procedure is published on the Ministry of Finance's Institutional Portal.

Both lists include the main local entities and their dependents, provided they are classified as public administrations, and are available at the following links:

Yes, access to the platform is also permitted by using Cl@ve .

In this case, it will be necessary to have a power of attorney for the procedure beforehand. ZZ581 - Invoice management for Local Entities (ACDGAE (from 05-05-2025), which allows this procedure to be carried out on behalf of a specific local entity.

He NIF of the main Entity registered in the AEAT as a management office You must grant power to carry out the ZZ581 procedure to NIF of the person who will manage the invoices. You can authorize it electronically using your electronic certificate from the Electronic Office, following the route: "Home", "Information and Procedures", "Collaborate with the Tax Agency", "Register Powers of Attorney", "Registration of Powers of Attorney through Electronic Identification".

To access the platform, persons authorised by the entities must have an electronic certificate accepted by the AEAT to access its Electronic Office (electronic certificate X.509V3 issued by the FNMT or any other electronic certificate accepted by the AEAT in accordance with the provisions of Order HAP/800/2014, of 9 May). The following types of certificates are supported:

  • Electronic certificate of representative of a legal entity. The NIF of the legal entity must correspond with the NIF of a main entity.

  • Certificate of natural person. You need to be authorized to process ZZ581 - Management of invoices for Local Entities (ACDGAE of 05-05-2025) by the main entity and to the procedure ZZ582 - Sending a query for support to Local Entities (ACDGAE (from 05-05-2025).

  • Public employee certificate. The certificate must have the NIF of the main entity and, in addition, needs to be authorized for the procedure ZZ581 - Management of invoices for Local Entities (ACDGAE of 05-05-2025) by the main entity and to the procedure ZZ582 - Sending a query for support to Local Entities (ACDGAE (from 05-05-2025).